The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1887-03-31
STATESVILLE AS A SUMMER II HOME e
A Beautiful and Well-Shaded Town-..
The Finest of Climates and an Elegant
Hotel.

Hotel.
From Statesville Landmark
Though fire roars on the hearth, by
| acinths nod in the front-yard and eXhale
their fragance from the mantelpiece, warn
ing of the coming summer, those who
live on lower land, in hot towns and
cities, and who, having the means fol
travel, make it a custom to spend theil
summers from home, are already doubt
less maturing plans for the hot months
and these we wish to address before they
reach the point where they will not be
open TO conviction.
The tide of travel toward Western North
Carolina increases every summer. Why
should not Statesville catch a part of iti
Everybody travelling West is supposed
to go to Asheville. Humoring the idea
that rapid change of climate is hurtful
we hold out Statesville to the westward
travellers as point east of the mount aims
where they may lay off, break their jour
ney in two, and find comforts and attrac-
tions which will hold them willing prison
ers. If they do not find it so, twenty four
hours may start them Westward again.
But we will guarantee longer stay if
they but stop at all. They will indeed
spend all the summer if it be that they
are seeking a mild climate joined with
good accommodations.
Statesville is 900 feet above sea level.
1t is built, for the most part along a ridge
and has perfect natural drainage. Higher
than the surrounding country, the Blue
Ridge is in easy sight from the various
localities about the town, and mountain
breezes temper the heat of the warmest
night. Indeed a warm night here has
never yet been known. 1t is an exception
when one does not have TO sleep under a
blanket. Mosquitoes are practically un-
known. The streets were laid out when
ground was abundant. They are very
wide and are beautifully shaded with
elms. The luxuriant foliage renders the
hottest day comfortable here as compared
with towns further west which are prac-
tlca!ly unshaded. The climate is we'll
nounced superior to that of Ashevllle or
Florida A Northern gentleman, a fire.
quent visitor and Low on visit here, de-
clares it so. The death-rate attests its
excellence: this is phenomenally low.
Epidemics are unknown. A case of fever
of any kind is of the rarest occurrence. No
case of lung t.cuble ever originated here
No native of Statesvile has ever died of
consumption. We bobby claim that fewer
deaths occur here than in any town in
North Carolina, in proportion to size.
There can be no local cause for disease.
There are no neighboring ponds to gen
crate chills. AS already suggested. the
town has natural drainage. Special at
tention is, moreover, given to its cleanll-
ness. The bad odors which, in so many
places, arise at night to offend the nostrils
and poison the air. are not found here.
The conditions which produce them are
not allowed to exist. But the point above
all others upon which we insist is that our
summer nights are simply delightful, ad-
mitting of refreshing sleep at any time
after 9 o'clock. This is consideration
which is on no account to be overlooked.
The accommodations? They are not sur
passed anywhere in the State. The one
hotel is is the Cooper House, completed a
year ago. 1t is a handsome three-story
brick structure, with every modern conve
nience, save an elevator. The bed cham
bers are furnished in ash and walnut and
all are carpeted. There is gas and a fire
place in every room, water closets, bath
rooms and bot and cold water on every
floor. The hotel is supplied with Mater by
a system of waterworks of its own, and
an annunciator in every room communi
Gates with the Office on the first floor. The
owner of this property, Mr.. w. NJ. Cooper,
spared no money in its construction that
was necessary to provide it with every con-
venience, and in furniture, construction
and equipment, it is certainly second to
none in North Carolina. The rooms are
large and we'll ventilated. The house
fronts west and along its front stands a
thick row of elms as tall as the building
itself.
No more delightful summer home can
anywhere be found. The proprietors of
this hotel are Messrs. Gray Il Bennett. The
fra Y,Ilh how
do their duty. They are thoroughly in
earnest in their desire to please their Gus
toners, and are anxious to demonstrate
their ability to please house full of sum-
mer visitors They have a rich market to
draw upon and they have the pick of it.
Their cooks have been selected with refer
ence to their skill and experience, and their
service in all respects IS first class. The
hotel is new one. The proprietors re-
alize the importance of its winning a good
name To this end hey spare no effort. They
court friendly criticism and are responsive
to any just complaint. All this being true,
it must be that their table and their ac-
commodatons of all kinds are equal to all
reasonable demands. Where there is a
determination to please there can be no
doubt about the result. Ask those who
have stopped with them. Their charges
are, withal most reasonable-a third or at
most half those of more "fashionable' re-
sorts where the accommodations and the
table are third or at most half as good.
In addition to the hotel, there are no
less than dozen private boarding houses
here, some of them kept by some of the
best people in the town. If it be that any
one contemplating spending the summer
here would prefer boarding at a private
house, the editor of the Landmark will, if
addressed, agree to furnish any desired
Information.
This theme is SO pleasant one that we
have pursued it to greater length than had
been intended Aud still much has been
left unsaid. To speak again of Statesyille
in general way, aid of other things
which stranger might want to know, it
may be remarked that iI lies at the june
tion of the Western North Carolina and
Atlantic, Tennessee Il Ohio Railroads. 1t
is within twenty hours of New York, four
teen of Raleigh and ten of Columbia. 1t
has telegraphic communication in all
directions. 1t has four livery stables and
the drives around it are, in summer, very
fine. Seven denominations have places of
worship here. Here is located the largest
herbarium in the world. Five miles south
of us are the celebrated Poison Springs,
which have recently been bought by Col.
Donald McRae, of Wilmington.
Taking into account, the delightful eli
mate, the superior accommodations and
the att actions in and around Statesville,